Kamakura
Kagawa · 鎌倉Browse Kagawa’s cultural heritage from the Kamakura period (1185 – 1333). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
A Tang-period staff head owned by Zentsuji in Kagawa Prefecture. It came over from China long ago and is said to have changed the metalwork made here.
Discover Kandani Shrine's National Treasure main hall in Kagawa - Japan's oldest shrine building with a confirmed date of 1219. Experience pristine Kamakura-period architecture, the nagare-zukuri style, and 1200 years of continuous worship at the foot of Mt. Goshikidai.
Built in the late Kamakura period on reused Nara lecture-hall foundations, Sanuki Kokubunji's main hall shelters a 5.2-meter Thousand-Armed Kannon, a hidden Buddha.
Discover the Main Hall of Motoyamaji Temple, a National Treasure built in 1300 in Mitoyo, Kagawa. This Kamakura-period esoteric Buddhist hall is Temple No. 70 on the Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage and home to the route's only Horse-Headed Kannon.